Encourage girls' interest in tech — No.2
5 new suggestions to show different sides of technology
Time for new suggestions!
Have you managed to do one of the suggestions from the previous week? We’d love to hear your impressions!
And now — let’s jump straight into new suggestions.
If you are new to this newsletter, you might wanna read this to understand the reasons why we do this, and more importantly, what are the rules to follow to encourage girls’ interest in tech.
1 — Learn to make 3D models or iPad apps
👾 Tinkercad is an easy-to-use web app for design, that offers lesson plans across all subjects. It’s a great set of free resources to learn 3D modelling, as well as coding and engineering. You can go through it with your kid. Here are the tutorials for 3D modeling, in which you can find ones to model a heart-shaped ring or Minecraft party glasses.
2 — Skirt make-over!
👗 Make a Motion Animated NeoPixel LED Skirt! Through this project, you can integrate 120 LEDs into a skirt while aiming to make it both as shiny and as wearable as possible. You can do it on a skirt you already have, or make a skirt from the beginning.
3 — Learn algorithms by solving puzzles
🧩 In just 30 minutes, you can teach a kid about algorithms! And the best part, you don’t need any technology. The goal is to create a step-by-step algorithm to describe your puzzle-solving strategy. Find a tutorial here.
4 — Watch a movie!
📽 The original documentary "More Than Robots" is about the next generation of dreamers and doers who, through having access to this fun STEM competition, are training themselves to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Amongst each of the four teams showcased, there’s the diversity of both gender and ethnicity on display. It is available for streaming on Disney+. You can read more here.
5 — A fun offline game with friends
✍ This or That can be played with friends and is a great way to learn the groundwork of conditional statements, which are an important concept in computer science. Conditional statements allow computers to make decisions and enable computer scientists to create more complex solutions. The tutorial is made for Zoom call, but you can do it in person with pen and paper!
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